St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-09-07
An Ordinance Giving Permis-
sion to Build an Elevated
Railroad,
Presented to the Council and
Sent to the Committees
Last Night.
The Twin City Rapid Transit
Company the Mover in
the Enterprise
No Exclusive Franchise Asked
For--Other Ordinances Pre-
sented--Routine Work.

BUSTING round among the aldermen
before the council meeting last night
were William Lindeke, one of the in
corporators of the company recently or
ganlZed to build line of elevated rail-
road between st. Paul and Minneapolis
and II. F. Stevens, attorney for the
company. The object of their attend
ance was made plain when Clerk PEN
dergast took from his desk and read the
FOLLOWING ordinance, printed copy of
winch lay upon each aldermanS desk:
THE ORDINANCE
st. Paul Minneapolis Rapid Transit com
pany TO erect, maintain and operate an
elevated railway in the city OF St Paul
Section l. There is hereby granted to the
st. Paul d Minneapolis Rapid Transit com
pany, us successors and assigns, permission
and authority. by the common council of the
city OF st. Paul. to erect and maintain
such posts or supports along the streets
alleys and public grounds of said city as NAV
De necessary to carry q framework
equipment, with necessary stations. of q
continuous line of elevated railroad along
and over the streets Of said CITY of St Paul:
granting permission and right to said com,
pany, their successors or assigns, to enter
upon the streets, alleys and public grounds
OF said city, and place and maintain therein
suitable foundations for such posts or sup
ports, and erect and maintain such suner-
structure thereon as NAV be necessary tn sns-
Tain railroad; and permission to operate
Tor the period of fifty years thereon trains
OF railway cars, using electricity or such
otner motive power as said company NAV
deem sufficient and necessary, other than
steam; said railway to be of one or more
tracks, with necessary switches, side tracks,
hf5 papSbsys stations power plants and
Sec. 2. Said company shall place said
foundations on level with the surface of
said streets, and shall remove all surplus
material from said streets as soon as possible
after such construction, and leave the streets
in as good condition as it found them.
sec. 3. Said elevated roadway shall be a
least fourteen feet in the clear above the
crossings shall span the travelled roadway.
Said foundation shall be of stone; the posts
and framework Of iron or steel constructed
upon the most approved method, and such
as as Will cause as little obstruction to the
streets as possible.
Sec. 4. Said company shall raise or lower
Its foundations or roadway to conform with
any changes that may De made in the grada
OF the streets of said city, at its own cost and
expense whenever ordered so to do, and be-
fore any street, alley or public grounds in
said city shall be interfered with, for the pur-
pose of erecting said elevated road BY said
company, notice Shall be given the CITY en-
gineer under whose direction such coustruc-
ton must be made.
Sec. 5. The rates of fare to be charged by
said company for the transportation of each
person shall not exceed 3 cents for any dis
lance not exceeding three miles, nor 10 cents
for any distance over three miles, within the
limits OF said city, nor 10 cents for one fare
each way between the cities of ST. Paul and
Minneapolis, nor % cents for a round-trip
between said cities: and any return coupon
shall be received for passage in either direc-
ton.
Sec g. Nothing herein contained shall be
construed to limit or abridge the power and
authority of the city OF st. Paul, or the com
mon council thereof, to grant to any future
applicant permission and authority to exer-
else like or additional franchises to those
hereby granted, upon any or all streets, alleys
and public grounds of said city.
Sec. z: The rights hereby granted are upon
mence survey of its route within thirty
days after the approval of this ordinance,
and commence construction of its road
within eight months thereafter and shall
finish the same, ready for transportation,
within two years after the approval hereof.
Provided, That any period during which
said company shall actually be enjoined by a
court of competent Jurisdiction from pro-
ceeding with any part of its construction,
shall be added to the periods above enumer-
ated.
Sec s. This ordinance shall take effect
and be in force upon its passage and ap-
proval and upon the filing with the city
clerk of certified copy of resolution duly
adopted by said company accepting the terms
thereof.
The ordinance contains an explana-
ton of the intentions of the company
and the character of the gigantic enter
prise. The company does not ask for
exclusive rights, but simply asks for
permission to erect and maintain lines
of elevated railroad in the city for fifty
years. The ordinance was promptly re-
ferred to the committee on streets, with
the committee on ordinances upon mo-
ton of Aid. Sanborn.
OTHER COUNCIL DoINGS.
A communication from the board of
fire commissioners asking an appropria--
ton of S26. S93.S6 to defray the expenses.
of the department for the year ending.
Sept. 1, 1888, was referred. The bids for.
constructing the Colorado street bridge,
were reported back by Engineer Rund-
lett with recommendation that the con-
tract be awarded to NJ. A. and E. J..
O'Brien for $40, S93.S6. The report was
adopted and resolution passed max
ing the award. An ordinance was
passed under suspension of the rules
yacating Fourteenth street between
Robert and Cedar. Aid. Kerr intro
duced resolution requesting the street
railway company to furnish additional
cars for the accommodation of paSSen-
gers between the hours of and in the
morning, II and 2 at noon, and and
Z in the evening. The resolution
was adopted. A petition from
j. A. Starkey and other West side resi-
dents, representing that the detail of
nine policemen at the Ducas street
station was entirely inadequate to pro-
tect that precinct, and asking for an in
creased force, was referred to the police
committee. Aid. Kahn moved the sus-
pension of the rules for the passage of
an ordinance making the license for
McMahan Brothers Worlds circus So
day for the period of a month. The rep
resentative of the laboring men said
he did this because he thought the city
ought to encourage cheap amusementS
for the benefit of the poorer classes.
The regular licenses for circuseS in st.
Paul is 1000 day, and Aid. PetSch OPP
posed an infraction of the rules. Aid.
Kain's motion was lost, and the Ordi-
nance was referred.
Reform School Board.
The State Reform School board as
sembled at the Reform school yesterday